Hills HOME HUB 400, HOME HUB 600, HOME HUB 1000 Owner's Manual
Owner’s Manual
Hills Home Hub - “don’t build a home without it”
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Notice
Standards and regulations that govern the installation practices and requirements for these
types of products include but may not be limited to the following listing:
For Australia & New Zealand installations:
• AS/NZS 3080: Telecommunications Installations - Integrated telecommunications
cabling systems for commercial premises
• AS/NZS 3000: Electrical Installations - Buildings, Structures and Premises (SAA
Wiring Rules)
• AS 3815: A guide to coaxial cabling in single and multiple premises
• AS/NZS 3086: Telecommunications Installations - Integrated telecommunications
cabling systems for small office/home office premises
• ANSI/TIA/EIA-570-A: Residential Telecommunications Cabling Standard
• AS/NZS 3085: Telecommunications Installations - Administration of
communications cabling systems
• AS2201: Intruder Alarm Systems
Additional requirements for Australia:
• ACA TS 008: Requirement for Authorised Cabling Products
• ACA TS 009: Installation Requirements for Customer Cabling (Wiring Rules)
Additional requirements for New Zealand:
• PTC 106:2005: Telecom Code of Practice for Residential type Generic Cabling
Systems (see
www.telepermit.co.nz/Ptc106.pdf)
All cabling must be installed to meet or exceed these standards. Penalties can apply for
connecting non-compliant or non-approved equipment to a telecommunications network.
Please contact your installer if you have further enquiries regarding your specific Hills
Home Hub and structured cabling installation. Service fees may apply.
Telepermit Notice for New Zealand
The grant of a Telepermit for any item of terminal equipment indicates only that Telecom
has accepted that the item complies with minimum conditions for connection to its network.
It indicates no endorsement of the product by Telecom, nor does it provide any sort of
warranty by Telecom.
This cabling installation is NOT covered in New Zealand by Telecom’s wiring
maintenance service. In the event of service problems, the Disconnect Test Point should
be used to determine whether or not the problem is due to the Telecom network (see page
28). If the fault appears to be in the cabling and equipment within the premises, contact the
installer on page 36 for assistance. Only contact Telecom if the fault appears to be
network-related. See page 26 for Troubleshooting information.
Notice
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Safety Warnings
• Wiring work for telecommunications requires relevant knowledge and experience.
Telephone line voltage can rise above 48VDC in certain circumstances. Do NOT
work on your telephone wiring without the appropriate training and licensing as
required by your State/Territory/Country.
• A qualified electrician should only carry out work on power supplies and outlets.
Work by unqualified users may cause electric shock, fire, injury or death.
• Do NOT work on the Hills Home Hub, it’s contents, or wiring in the event of an
electrical storm or lightning.
• Do NOT clean the contents of the Hills Home Hub with any liquid or wet cloth.
Water penetration into the unit may cause short-circuit, electric shock and fire.
• Do NOT handle any equipment with wet hands as it may cause electric shock.
• No user serviceable parts, in the event of product failure, please contact your
installer for assistance. Do NOT attempt repairs.
• Do NOT attempt to modify any of the components or wiring inside your Hills Home
Hub except as instructed in this manual.
• If any power cables are broken or exposed, switch off power and replace.
• In case of smoke or burning smell from equipment (e.g. damaged by lightning)
immediately discontinue use and contact your installer.
• Dropping or exposing products to shock may cause damage and malfunction.
• Only use approved cable, tools and components in your Hills Home Hub.
• Do NOT install your Hills Home Hub near wet or damp areas (e.g. laundry, kitchen,
bathroom, outside, near and air conditioner or heater).
• When removing a cable from a socket, do NOT pull using the lead, hold the plug
body firmly using dry hands then pull straight out.
Trademark
Hills Home Hub is a registered trademark of Hills Industries Ltd.
Copyright
©2006 Copyright Hills Industries Ltd. All rights reserved.
Disclaimer
Hills Industries Ltd reserves the right to change specifications or designs described in this
manual without notice and without obligation. It is provided for general information only.
For assistance on your specific installation please contact your installer.
Every effort has been made to ensure that this manual documents the operation of the
Hills Home Hub. However, due to the on-going improvement and update of products, Hills
Industries Ltd cannot guarantee the accuracy of printed material after the date of
publication, nor can Hills Industries Ltd accept responsibility for errors or omissions.
Revised manuals and update sheets will be published as deemed necessary.
Safety Warnings
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Contents
Notice ...............................................................................................................................2
Telepermit Notice for New Zealand ..................................................................................2
Safety Warnings...............................................................................................................3
Trademark........................................................................................................................3
Copyright..........................................................................................................................3
Disclaimer ........................................................................................................................3
Contents...........................................................................................................................4
Preface.............................................................................................................................5
Hills Home Hub ..................................................................................................................6
Product Overview.............................................................................................................6
Important Note .................................................................................................................7
Security System Warning.................................................................................................8
Wall Plate Outlets.............................................................................................................9
Wall Plates .....................................................................................................................11
Hills Home Hub Connections .........................................................................................12
Connecting Phone & Data...............................................................................................13
Description of Services...................................................................................................13
Technical Terms.............................................................................................................14
Modules..........................................................................................................................16
Connecting a Telephone/Fax Machine/Dial-up Modem .................................................20
Patching Phone and Data Outlets ..................................................................................21
Connecting ADSL...........................................................................................................24
Troubleshooting ..............................................................................................................26
General ..........................................................................................................................27
Telephone and Data.......................................................................................................28
Appendix ..........................................................................................................................29
Site Installation Log – Sample........................................................................................30
Structured Cabling Outlets – Details – Sample ..............................................................31
Structured Cabling Outlets – Summary – Sample..........................................................32
Site Installation Log........................................................................................................33
Structured Cabling Outlets – Details ..............................................................................34
Structured Cabling Outlets – Summary ..........................................................................35
Warranty Statements......................................................................................................36
Contents
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Preface
Welcome to your new home and thank you for choosing the Hills Home Hub. Your
selected features will ensure that your home can be flexibly adapted to your changing
lifestyle.
You are a part of the new generation of householders that are planning for today’s and
future needs for home technology and services in your home.
Contained in this booklet are the services you have selected and explanations on how you
can maximise the benefits of your choices.
Hills is an Australian company that has been servicing the needs of home owners for over
55 years.
Below are some of our other products that you may consider for your household needs for
both now and in the future.
Again welcome to your new Hills enabled home.
UHills Home Hub - Preface
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Hills Home Hub
This section includes an overview of your new Hills Home
Hub and structured cabling and some of the connections it
features.
Product Overview
The Hills Home Hub is a service connection facility and is home to the devices that
enable the delivery and distribution of various signals throughout your home via structured
cabling.
It is important that you plan in which rooms you would like to access TV, video, audio,
phone and the Internet. In order to access or share these signals, cables, modules and
wall plate outlets containing various sockets need to be installed.
The (optional) Hills Security System may also be located in the Hills Home Hub along with
all your structured cabling modules.
400 Series Hub 600 Series Hub 1000 Series Hub
UHills Home Hub - Product Overview
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Important Note
Not all services mentioned in this manual may be available in your home
(or all rooms) unless they were requested at the time of installation.
For various services to function as described by this manual (and other
literature), certain modules, wall plates, sockets and cabling need to
already be installed.
Provided that sufficient additional (spare) cabling was installed at the
time of construction of your house, you may be able to add additional
modules for additional features or capacity.
Spare cabling is usually only installed at the specific request of the
owner/builder. If requested before the completion of the property, it is
usually available at minimal additional cost due to significantly quicker
installation.
Please contact your installer/builder for more information.
UHills Home Hub - Important Note
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Security System Warning
Note that there are some parts of the Hills Home Hub you should not touch including
your security system wiring. The intelligent Hills Security System can detect tampering
attempts to its security wiring and may notify your monitoring company of this if you have a
monitored security system. This may incur call out fees for a patrol guard to visit your
premises to check that everything is OK. Further fees may apply to rectify any
problems.
If you have a “back to base monitoring” service (which usually incurs monthly fees), please
make sure to notify your monitoring company of the time and duration that you are going
to open the Hills Home Hub enclosure. Check with them if it will be OK to open the lid of
your Hills Home Hub and ensure you have a valid PIN to disarm the security system
should the alarm go off.
When you are working on equipment contained inside your Hills Home Hub, take care not
to touch or disconnect any of the security wiring. It also uses power, so make sure to turn
the power back on if you have turned it off.
Once you have finished working on the Hills Home Hub, firmly close and lock the lid. Then
let your monitoring company know you have finished. Failure to do these may also trigger
a false alarm or disable tamper monitoring on your enclosure!
Some sample locations of the Hills Security System in your enclosure:
400 Series Hub 600 Series Hub 1000 Series Hub
UHills Home Hub - Security System Warning
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Wall Plate Outlets
Here is a description of what each type of socket is used for. The section titled “Wall
Plates” shows some sample wall plates with a combination of these sockets used for
different purposes.
Socket Cable Needed Possible Services
RJ-45 Socket
• Data (computers, internet,
printers, photocopiers)
• Telephone (thinner cable,
RJ-11 or RJ12 plug on the end)
PAL Socket
• TV (antenna, remote viewing of
DVDs and other home
entertainment devices)
F-Type Socket
• TV (antenna, remote viewing of
DVD, VCR, Set Top Box etc)
• Modulator (distribute signal from
home entertainment devices)
3.5mm Socket
• InfraRed (control devices from
other rooms)
• Music Distribution (used as a
music source input)
Speaker Post Socket
• 5.1 Home Theatre Speakers
(connect speaker wire to banana
plugs and insert into socket,
other end to music source)
RCA Socket
• Audio (usually red and white
connectors)
• Video (usually yellow, or Red
Green Blue connectors)
UHills Home Hub - Wall Plate Outlets
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One Socket, One Service
Sockets are multi-purpose, but depending on how your system is configured, each wall
plate outlet only provides one type of service. For example an “RJ-45 socket” may be
configured for connecting a Phone or a Computer but not both simultaneously.
The exception is with IR targets that use coaxial cable (thick cable with
F-type connectors on the end) to distribute both TV signals and IR
signals using a single wall plate outlet. Only used when retrofitting an IR
distribution system without additional cabling.
Input or Output
Further, each socket may be an input or output. For example a “3.5mm socket” may be
used as an input to connect your CD player to the Hills Home Music system to redistribute
music throughout your house. Alternatively a 3.5mm socket may be configured to be an
input or output (but not both) for the Hills Home IR Distribution system.
Labelling
Because one single socket could be used for different services and could also be an input
or output, it is essential to have all outlets properly labelled to avoid confusion. Labels are
provided with the Hills Home Hub (see below) and ideally the installer has applied them or
alternatively has provided you with a floor plan describing the functions of each inlet/outlet.
Contact your installer for assistance if you have difficulty identifying the correct outlets to
use (i.e. if your wall plates are not labelled and you have not been supplied with any floor
plans or documentation).
Some of the labels included in the Hills Home Hub
UHills Home Hub - Wall Plate Outlets
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Wall Plates
Your home will have a variety of wall plates with different outlets on them, see the section
titles “Wall Plate Outlets” for a description of each.
Wall plates come in a variety of different designs, colours, and number of outlets.
Here are some samples:
Designed for connecting
a Pay TV Set Top Box or Digital
Video Recorder, Free to Air TV,
and a Computer`
Designed for connecting a Phone
and Personal Computer
Phone 1
Pay 1
TV 1
Pay 2
Data 1
Phone 2
Data 2
Two wall plates combined to provide remote InfraRed control of up to 8 devices,
a Data Outlet (e.g. Personal Computer, Gaming Console, Media Receiver),
Pay TV, Free to Air TV, and RGB inputs (e.g. from a DVD player or
AV Receiver to a projector)
IR Out 1 IR Out 2 Pay 3 R In 1
Phone 3
G In 1
Pay 4
IR Out 3
Data 3
B In 1
TV 1
IR Out 4
UHills Home Hub - Wall Plates
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Hills Home Hub Connections
Easy Connections
With most services you simply plug-in your equipment into the correct wall plate outlet and
everything should be ready for you to enjoy. This is the simplicity and convenience that
your new Hills Home with structured cabling offers.
These services include:
• Telephone
• Data (computers, internet, home network, printers, etc)
• InfraRed remote control
• TV (Free-to-Air, Pay TV, DVD, etc)
• Multi-room Music Distribution
• Home Theatre Connections (e.g. projectors)
• 5.1 Surround Sound Home Theatre
This Owner’s Manual will guide you through some examples on how to connect
to these
services provided you have the required cabling, modules, and wall plates already
installed.
It does not cover how to operate
3rd party equipment or how to use these services.
Some services will require initial configuration to make them work the way you want. For
example, setting up your internet account or tuning your TV into certain channels. Always
refer to the relevant manuals on how to configure your equipment (e.g. computers,
modems, TV, STB, DVD player, AV receiver, stereo system, modulator, etc)
Flexible Connections
The Hills Home Hub and structured cabling has been designed to allow you the flexibility
to easily configure different features of your structured cabling system to suit your
changing lifestyle.
Some of the services that allow you to easily adjust the wiring for are:
• Phone
• Data
Before making any changes, write down what your current wiring looks like (what cables
are connected to where). Then read through the instructions completely and plan what you
are going to change, making ensure you have the required equipment (e.g. cables).
Assistance and Spare Parts
Please contact your installer if you have any questions regarding your installation, require
additional parts, or wish to expand your installation. Service fees may apply.
For general information you may visit:
www.hillshomehub.com
UHills Home Hub - Hills Home Hub Connections
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